Adjusting an Available Online Peer Support Platform in a Program to Supplement the Treatment of Perinatal Depression and Anxiety

JMIR Mental Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Baumel, Amit ^a   Schueller, Stephen M ^b  

^a FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; depression; online; peer; perinatal; postpartum; support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975490900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23687959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mental.5335     Document Type: Article

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